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RIP Danny Stiles

:( Very sad to hear this, I never met him but wrote to him for a picture of him for my mom, as she listened to him a lot and loved the music. RIP Danny, You will meet my mom now!!!
 
Back in the mid-60's, I would listen to the "Kat Man" when he was on WNJR. He played some eclectic R&B like "Ain't That Bad" by Pancho Villa and the Bandits. All this was dx'ed from Bedford, VA...
 
There will be a tribute to Stiles this Friday at 7 PM on WPAT (930 AM) during his regular timeslot on that station.

Not sure if WNYC will also be putting together their own tribute this Saturday; the article in the initial post noted they ran a previous edition of his show.
 
Danny's start was on WHBI-1280, now WADO. Their FM, now QXR, arrived in the early '60s with studios and antenna atop Newark's Raymond-Commerce building, recently converted to condos.

Last Saturday, Mark Garber announced that Danny's "encore" programs will continue on 'NYC
 
With the legend that Danny is, Stiles deserves nothing less than a memorial service in the not to distant future.










Thanks,
Kevin L. Sealy
 
And it only makes sense that Mr. Stiles is remembered with a memorial - after all of the years he's held a living memorial of the music of years gone by.
 
Cosmopolite said:
Danny's start was on WHBI-1280, now WADO. Their FM, now QXR, arrived in the early '60s with studios and antenna atop Newark's Raymond-Commerce building, recently converted to condos.

Last Saturday, Mark Garber announced that Danny's "encore" programs will continue on 'NYC
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It's interesting that Danny has been on WNYC for many years without the backlash from the classical music hardcore that Jonathan Schwartz received when he started his similar (as in playing standards) weekend shows on the FM--could it be because his show was at night on the AM station instead of on the FM and so most of the snob types had never even heard of it?
 
It's interesting that Danny has been on WNYC for many years without the backlash from the classical music hardcore that Jonathan Schwartz received when he started his similar (as in playing standards) weekend shows on the FM--could it be because his show was at night on the AM station instead of on the FM and so most of the snob types had never even heard of it?
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It wasn't the "type" of music that Jonathan Schwartz was playing that those hardcore classical fans objected to, it was the fact that Schwartz's show took 8-hours a week of air time that had previously belonged to classical music. They would have objected to anything taking that time away from their precious classical music.

For quality music lovers, you might think "standards" is the next best to classical, and something that should be encouraged rather than fought.

Who can remember what Danny's show on AM replaced? It certainly wasn't anything that had such a devoted and emotionally connected audience as classical music. Those folks started getting defensive with the loss of WNCN on a couple of occasions. Perhaps it was fear of their fighting spirit that resulted in the three way deal that moved WQXR to 105.9.

The commercial WQXR could just have been sold for cash, and switched to a Spanish language format but there would have been protests and lawsuits, and delays etc. which all would have cost the parties money. The buyer and seller of the commercial WQXR avoided all that mess and expense by bringing WNYC into the transaction to keep classical music on the air full time as a non-profit.
 
TimeIsTight said:
[It wasn't the "type" of music that Jonathan Schwartz was playing that those hardcore classical fans objected to, it was the fact that Schwartz's show took 8-hours a week of air time that had previously belonged to classical music. They would have objected to anything taking that time away from their precious classical music.

For quality music lovers, you might think "standards" is the next best to classical, and something that should be encouraged rather than fought.
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One would think--and one would be wrong. Back then, WNYC's message boards were filled with the classical hardcore angry about the programming changes (and their claims that what classical music programming that remained was WNCN-ish "lite"--this was long before the change in emphasis in the late 90s on contemporary music). It seemed like one of the themes that resounded through on the attacks on Schwartz was their distaste for "show tunes." It also resounded when they attacked GM Laura Walker, who had come from the Children's Television Workshop--you'd be amazed how these people found "Sesame Street" evil for Joe Raposo's "show tunes" (never mind that many classical musicians have appeared on the program over the years). These were, of course, the people who didn't like WQXR for the commercials and the view that it had become classical "lite." I also guess that opera buffs didn't like Schwartz replacing the Saturday opera broadcasts--even though for most of the year the Met was on WQXR LIVE at the same time. When given a choice, I'd think I'd rather listen to a live broadcast of opera than WNYC playing a record.

Along the lines, folkies are a lot like classical music hardcores--when WBEZ in Chicago dropped "The Thistle and Shamrock" for a series about Frank Sinatra, the righteous indignation was almost comic, with lines like "if we wanted to listen to commercial elevator music, we would." Frank Sinatra, arguably the greatest pop singer of the 20th century, called "elevator music?" (For the record, a repeat of "Wait, Wait..." is now in the Saturday night time slot.)
 
Hey Guys:

May he rest in peace. I remember his show very well. My parents listened to him. Question: When did Danny start his program on WEVD? I am trying to remember, I know his show was on 10 am till 3pm on WEVD. When did he go to overnights on WEVD-FM?

Thanks

T.J.
 
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